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141 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,761 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • Based on the findings, companies ought to give the PA improvement top priority since it directly and favourably affects EP. To guarantee that systems work well and enhance employee or organizational performance, management should first make investments in their upkeep and modernization. Second, in order to maximize the system’s advantages, regular training programs should be offered to employees or users to improve their capacity to use it effectively. Third, to find flaws and make the required adjustments, the PA system should be continuously monitored and assessed. In order to improve the system and make sure it satisfies operational requirements; businesses should also welcome user feedback.

    The Impact of Performance Appraisal System on Employee's Productivity: A Case Study of Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL), Managerial Employees' Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • Based on the preceding findings, the researcher recommends the following: 40 Asian Institute of Research Education Quarterly Reviews Vol.9, No.1, 2026 1. Academic leaders in Jordanian private technical community colleges should work to ensure a stable and supportive work environment that fosters faculty loyalty and empowers them to be effective contributors to academic work and any assigned administrative duties. 2. Academic leaders should enhance both material and moral incentives, reward outstanding effort, and recognize and celebrate exceptional achievements. 3. More conferences, seminars, and regular meetings should be held between academic leaders and faculty members to identify weaknesses that may hinder their advancement and to listen to their concerns, opinions, and suggestions. Funding: Not applicable. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Informed Consent Statement/Ethics Approval: Not applicable. Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies: This study has not used any generative AI tools or technologies in the preparation of this manuscript.

    A Proposed Administrative and Educational Vision to Deepen Organizational Loyalty in Private Jordanian Technical Community Colleges in Light of "Leading by Love" From the Perspective of the Faculty Members Working There · 2026 · DOI

  • In terms of determinants of the study and proposals for future research, the study was limited to a sample of commercial, industrial, service, and other companies operating in the state 354 of Khartoum/Sudan, to concentrate most of the companies in it.

    Does the Pricing Capabilities Mediate the Relationship between Total Quality Management Orientation on Radical Innovations? · 2026 · DOI

  • Strategic Thinking The study established that strategic thinking had a positive and significant influence on the performance of state corporations. Therefore, management of state corporations should strengthen strategic thinking capabilities among leaders through regular strategic planning forums, leadership development programs, and environmental scanning initiatives. Organizations should institutionalize strategic foresight practices to enable leaders to identify emerging opportunities and threats and proactively respond to changes in the operating environment. 65 Journal of Business and Strategic Management ISSN 2520-0402 (online) Vol. 11, Issue No. 5, pp.

    Strategic Leadership and Performance of State Corporations in Nairobi City County, Kenya · 2026 · DOI

  • Given the importance of the research topics to the university under study, the university administration should adopt organizational excellence as a core philosophy and aspiration. The 217 Journal of AL-Rafidain University College for Sciences (2026); Issue 59 EISSN (2790-2293) PISSN (1681-6870) administration and its leaders can further solidify this concept by integrating it into the strategic vision. To cultivate a culture of excellence among all its employees, the university administration could establish an award and offer substantial rewards for outstanding staff, thereby supporting and encouraging a culture of excellence and innovation within its various departments. The university leadership must prioritize enhancing human resource capabilities by organizing seminars, courses, and training workshops related to creative and innovative approaches, particularly in strategic planning and creative thinking, to achieve performance excellence. The university administration should communicate to its managers the importance of embracing contemporary approaches to managing university departments. Furthermore, it should conduct high-level assessments to determine the suitability of administrative positions and encourage the adoption of innovative ideas to achieve organizational excellence. Establishing open communication channels between university leaders and subordinates, and working to empower these subordinates in a way that enhances the spirit of teamwork and participation in decision-making, and raising the morale of subordinates to build a favorable organizational climate that contributes to achieving performance excellence.

    The Impact of Strategic Leadership Dimensions on Organizational Excellence: A Field Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The limitation of this research is the small sample size due to the short data collection period. Con- sequently, this study employed a sample size that meets only the minimum response rate required for structural equation modeling analysis. The applica- tion of these research findings in the future may yield different results. Therefore, future research should gather data from a larger sample group to validate the findings of this study’s model. Furthermore, this research studied the concept of strategic management accounting in the context of listed companies on the Stock Exchange of Thai- land. To confirm the results of the study, the re- search framework should be applied to comparative studies of companies in other countries with differ- ent economic systems. Additionally, future research may include a study about other aspects of strategic management accounting, such as environmental data tracking and advanced digital technology data tracking.

    Strategic Management Accounting and Competitiveness Affecting Sustainable Performance: The Moderating Role of Organizational Learning Capability and Competitive Culture · 2026 · DOI

  • Purpose The prediction of the success of Performance Management Systems (PMS) is difficult and may lead to contradictory results because there are many potential factors locating at different hierarchical levels of an organization and usually only reflecting a part of success.

    How to predict performance management systems success? Utilization of the critical check points · 2025 · DOI

  • Considering the strategic focus and organisational performance, various studies have been carried out related to the BSC; however, few studies have delved into the knowledge and relevance recognised by organisations with and without the BSC.

    The Contribution of the BSC to Strategic Focus and Organisational Performance – Perception of the Mayor Export Companies in Portugal · 2024 · DOI

  • While QM practices have been extensively studied in manufacturing and service sectors, their application in HEIs remains underexplored, particularly in terms of distinguishing between soft (human-centered) and hard (technical) practices.

    BEYOND TQM: LEVERAGING QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN SURABAYA UNIVERSITIES · 2024 · DOI

  • Researchers worldwide have found positive, negative and even mixed effects of ISO 9001 certification on firms’ performance, while in Morocco this issue has been rarely examined.

    Proposal of a causal model measuring the impact of an ISO 9001 certified Quality Management System on financial performance of Moroccan service-based companies · 2023 · DOI

  • Originality/value The research unfolded key elements in how foreign subsidiaries planned CRM strategies to gain legitimacy and acceptance in a host market with less-developed institutions, thereby addressing a gap in the literature.

    Gaining legitimacy and host market acceptance: a CRM analysis for foreign subsidiaries in China · 2022 · DOI

  • Although it's well-known that cultural values affect and shape the behaviors of managers as giving them measures for evaluating their managerial behaviors according to the society they live in, the characteristics of this relationship between cultural values and strategy is not fully understood yet.

    STRATEGIC MEANING OF CULTURAL VALUES: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN KAYSERI OIZ FURNITURE INDUSTRY · 2020 · DOI

  • In the health sector, however, the role of CSR has not been studied as intensively as in private corporations because the services provided by the health sector are already valued as directly serving humanity.

    CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN HEALTH SECTOR: A CASE STUDY IN THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN MEDAN, INDONESIA · 2018 · DOI

  • But recent reviews of contingency theory provide mixed, sometimes even conflicting evidence, partly because of inconsistent definitions of MCS and SPMS, partly because of exploring contingencies in isolation from other context factors and components.

    How Strategic Priorities Are Reflected in Features of Strategic Performance Measurement System? · 2018 · DOI

  • Research limitations/implications First, the sample of the responding manufacturing and service Greek companies which includes both small and medium-sized enterprises and large companies and which operate in circumstances of financial crisis; second, the subjective data collected from only one company representative; and third, the examination of only two factors influencing company innovation, are the main limitations of the present study.

    Determinants of company innovation and market performance · 2017 · DOI

  • The limited literature available on the topic suggests that the emphasis EDOs place on performance measurement in BRE will vary, and is likely a function of certain organizational and program characteristics.

    Defining success in business retention and expansion: What do economic development organizations measure and why? · 2017 · DOI

  • In view of the specificity of strategic management, considerations are limited to the examples of a network of companies or a network of main decision-makers, such as members of management or supervisory boards.

    Social Network Analysis in Strategic Management – Potential and Limitations of Application · 2016 · DOI

  • 184 Malaysian companies participated in this study as it attempted to add to the limited research and tried to bridge the gap between leadership style, market orientation and organizational performance.

    Examining the Effects of Leadership, Market Orientation and Leader Member Exchange (LMX) on Organisational Performance · 2015 · DOI

  • Our review indicates that while there has been an explosion of research on the influence of CEO personality and TMT social processes on strategy process, much remains to be done in terms of examining CEO and TMT cognition, particularly at the level of the CEO-TMT interface.

    Social, Behavioral, and Cognitive Influences on Upper Echelons During Strategy Process · 2015 · DOI

  • However, little is known about the factors that might explain intrinsic motivation and sales force performance relation, particularly in highly competitive and demanding fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) marketplace requiring new and useful solutions.

    Creativity as Mediator for Intrinsic Motivation and Sales Performance · 2014 · DOI

  • Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is that only faculty's perceptions were measured, thus it is not clear whether these QMA really result in improvement in educational practice.

    Does internal quality management contribute to more control or to improvement of higher education? · 2011 · DOI

  • Research limitations/implications The small sample size of the food companies participating in this study, the observed variables that were removed from the analysis for the benefit of the measurement model validity (convergent and discriminant) and finally the subjective character of the data collected are the limitations of the present study.

    Total quality management practices and results in food companies · 2010 · DOI

  • In examining the 34 research articles in this area published in the major public administration journals over the past 20 years, the authors find substantial empirical testing of the impacts of environmental and institutional/organizational determinants on strategic management, but efforts to assess linkages between strategic planning processes and organizational outcomes or performance improvements are sparse.

    Strategic Management Research in the Public Sector: A Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions · 2010 · DOI

  • Findings Results could not statistically confirm the hypothesis that strong organizational culture characterizes higher CSR performers, but results are inconclusive in this respect.

    Organizational culture and CSR: an exploratory study of Estonian service organizations · 2009 · DOI

  • Practical implications This paper maintains that the relation between the different dimensions of organizational climate, perceptions of support for innovation and performance are determined and limited by the nature and variety of resources that the organization can bundle and apply to the maintenance and development of competitive advantages, according to the availability of organizational slack to be applied directly to organizational climate and perceptions of support for innovation.

    The moderating effect of organizational slack on the relation between perceptions of support for innovation and organizational climate · 2008 · DOI

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